Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
7.9
Points
15.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
84095
Points per Word
0.000178
Page Count
329
Points per Page
0.045593
Description
Set in 1970s Sri Lanka, this book tells the story of affluent bachelor Berty Rajakaruna, as told with much humor by his precocious niece Tamara. Themses include gender bias, cultural bias and alcoholism.